Profile:Saxophonist from Cameroon. Originally trained in classical piano, his musical career began in Brussels and Paris in the 1950s. 1960 finds him in Congo as a member of African Jazz led by Joseph Kabasele (Le Grand Kalle)! He formed his own band in Cameroon in 1963, moving to Paris in 1965. His international breakthrough came in 1972 with Soul Makossa.Manu Dibango is extraordinarily versatile, having played almost every style of music you care to mention - soul, reggae, jazz, spirituals, blues, electro.

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Label: Dance Till You Drop RecordsCatalog#: DTYD-01Format: Vinyl, 12", White LabelCountry: UKReleased: 1991Genre: ElectronicStyle: HardcoreNotesOriginal white label release before being signed and re-released on Optimum Dance Records later in the same year. This was released on both a black and also brown vinyl pressing.